Man Googles himself, finds an entry in which his name appears frighteningly close to the words “indecency with a child.” He sues Google for $19.2 trillion. Sixth Circuit: You lose, but, on the plus side, all of the Google hits about your name now concern this litigation.

The odd part is that the phrase “indecency with a child” had nothing to do with they guy. A website listed his name, and then another entry about “indecency with a child.” The Google search made it look like he was a part of that story. So he sues Google. Loses.

On the frivolous side: He asks us to strike down the Communications Decency Act (“as a simple matter of logic”); he claims violations of the Eighteenth Amendment (the former prohibition on alcohol repealed long before the Internet came into being); he asks us to add Georgetown University as a defendant (because it might be using this case in its “Robots and Law” class); and he contends the judges below were “biased” against him (because “[t]hey may be ignorant about the English language”). Appellant’s Br. 11–16. To restate some claims is to reject them. * * *

In most respects, O’Kroley didn’t accomplish much in suing Google and the other defendants. He didn’t win. He didn’t collect a dime. [I added paragraph breaks. — Dave]